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FRESH START

Enhance your shower experience with accessories from local stores

BY CAROLYN WEBER

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1.TUNE IN

Linger in the shower while listening to your favorite playlist or podcast with a waterproof, Bluetooth-enabled wireless speaker that’s integrated into the showerhead. The speaker detaches for charging and for use elsewhere in the house or yard. The Moxie wireless showerhead speaker comes in three finishes, includes a charging dock and charging cable, and sells for $99 to $129 at the Kohler Signature Store in Bethesda (240-534-2688, kohler.com). 2. STEAMY SITUATION

Relax, unwind and elevate your senses with an aromatherapy shower steamer. To activate the cube, get it wet, then move it away from the water stream. Each can be used for up to three showers. There are 12 different scents, including pink peppermint and forest pine, and they sell for $5 each (or a bundle of six assorted scents for $25) at Joyful Bath Co. in North Bethesda (301-986-5320, joyfulbathco. com). 3. HAVE A SEAT

Adding a place to sit in the shower is a practical choice for safety and convenience. This sturdy round stool features flared legs and a curved apron, and is crafted from teakwood, which is naturally water resistant. The Seneca spa stool measures 17½ inches high and 17½ inches in diameter and retails for $310 at Country Casual Teak in Gaithersburg (301-926-9195, countrycasualteak.com).

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Wooden accessories add an element of warmth to sleek marble and glass showers. This beautiful striped zebra wood soap dish is water resistant and the deep grooves enable drainage, making bars last longer. It measures 3 by 4 inches and is three-fourths of an inch thick, so it fits easily into a shower niche. Handmade in Brooklyn, New York, it costs $20 at the Salt & Sundry pop-up shop on Bethesda Row (301-312-6313, shopsaltandsundry.com).

4. FULL OF FLUFF

Start over with luxurious new bath towels. The Etoile collection is made in Turkey from a blend of fine long-staple cotton and natural modal for extra softness and absorbency. Choose from 15 solid colors, all accented with a band of tone-on-tone patterned embroidery. Stock up on the 28-by-55-inch bath towels for $70 each and the 36-by-63-inch bath sheets for $115 at Yves Delorme in Bethesda (301897-5009, usa.yvesdelorme.com). 5. CRYSTAL CLEAR

Make a resolution to keep your shower sparkling clean with a squeegee tool. A pivoting head helps you get every corner of mirrors, glass doors and tile walls without streaking. Made from recycled plastic and bamboo, it stands up to dry and stores away with a hook and suction cup. The Full Circle wipeout pivoting head squeegee is available for $10.99 at The Container Store in Rockville (301-770-4800, containerstore.com). 7. THAT’S A WRAP

No spalike experience is complete without the robe. This lightweight cover-up is a natural, made from super soft 100% cotton in the double gauze style. It wraps around and secures with a belt of the same fabric, and comes in six colors—mustard, white, gray, blush, sage and timber—and two sizes, S/M and L/XL, for $96 at Olive & Loom in North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose development (240558-3190, oliveandloom.com).

A gallery wall in Lan and Michael Rosenblatt’s Bethesda basement features menus signed by chefs at restaurants where the couple has dined.

A New Look

Reimagining the basement can be a game changer

BY JENNIFER BARGER

WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC forced fam-

ilies to stay home, many had to reconsider how to make the best use of their space. For some, renovating or rethinking what they wanted in a basement proved to be the answer for obtaining the extra room needed for work, study, exercise and entertainment.

“Basements used to just be a nice rec room that you’d send the kids down to,” says Mark Kaufman, principal of GTM Architects in Bethesda. “Now clients want to turn them into more sophisticated spaces: gym areas, nice offices, even golf simulators. Everyone is trying to get every square inch out of their property.”

Here’s a look at four homeowners’ basements that are made for everything from quarantining to entertaining.

A glamorous touch

A WINE ROOM WITH two

glass walls. A bar decked out in gleaming metallic tiles. A pool table topped in dreamy sapphire felt. The vibe of the lower level in the Bethesda home of Lan and Michael Rosenblatt is more like a plush nightclub than a basement. “I wanted the whole space dark and clubby,” Lan says. “We both work in the hospitality business, and a lot of our inspiration comes from restaurant and bar design.” Lan and Michael, who own a hotel investment company, chose GTM Architects to create a contemporary five-bedroom stone and glass custom home in 2018. Construction started shortly before the pandemic hit in 2020. “The basement was important to them from the beginning as a place for relaxation and entertainment,” GTM’s Mark Kaufman says. “That’s why we oversized the area, so it doesn’t feel below grade, and put in a big French door that leads out to a hardscaped patio outside, too.”

The 2,500-square-foot lower level provides space for the Rosenblatts’ diverse interests, incorporating a golf simulator, an exercise studio, a walk-in wine fridge/tasting room, and an outsize den with the bar and a pool table. “We wanted the bar to be inspiring and exciting,” interior designer Annette Hannon says. “The surface really has a dimension to it, which we created by covering it in a metallic Artistic Tile that really shimmers.”

The bar abuts a glass wall of the climate-controlled wine room, which holds 2,000 bottles stacked four deep, an artful showcase for the South African and French vintages that the Rosenblatts have collected in their travels. “We put low-voltage lights over that beautiful wine fridge, and you see it as you come downstairs,” Kaufman says. “It’s like you immediately relax and want to have a few drinks.”

The den, painted a deep navy blue, also has a pool table custom-made by Blatt’s Billiards in New York City. Its sapphire felt top complements the basement’s color scheme. “We picked the felt, the cues, the legs, everything,” Lan says. The pool table sits behind what Hannon describes as “an exceptionally comfortable Holly Hunt sectional.”

The art on the walls above the sofa is one of the Rosenblatts’ favorite elements of the space. More than 20 framed menus signed by chefs at restaurants where the couple has dined, such as Eleven Madison Park in New York City, hang above the sectional on a gallery wall. “We love to eat. We love to go out,” Lan says. “Michael and Annette spent a whole afternoon arranging them on the floor like a puzzle before installing it. It’s like a wall of memories, with things like an Inn at Little Washington anniversary date.”

A pool table is next to one of the two glass walls that are part of the Rosenblatts’ wine room.

In Chris and Katey Brown’s remodeled basement, a game room is next to the den.

Study carrels with fans and lights offer privacy for remote work.

The hangout

KATEY AND CHRIS BROWN and their

three sons have lived in their six-bedroom Craftsman-style house in Bethesda since 2017. Like other families, the Browns knew the pandemic lockdown meant that they would be spending a lot of time at home. So Katey and Chris, both of whom work in health care, called in Rill Architects in Bethesda to turn their basic basement into a spot where everyone could hang out as a family or on their own.

“It had plain gray walls and carpet down there,” Katey says. “It wasn’t a very pleasing place to let the kids go.” To make the whole area work better for the family, principal architect Jim Rill flipped the existing layout to create a dedicated space for TV watching, added architectural details to the ceiling and walls, and designed a unique place for the couple’s sons to study and play computer games.

A game room next to the den was remodeled with a wall covered in cork (to protect drywall behind a dartboard) and open shelving; there’s also a pingpong table and a Pac-Man arcade machine. “Our kids love online gaming, but we’re also trying to get them away from their screens, and that room is a way to do it,” Katey says.

“It ended up being a very artistic venture with the Browns,” Rill says. “We added fun shelves to display their music collectibles and used interesting light fixtures.” Vinyl plank flooring that mimics wood was installed throughout the basement, a “lifesaver due to our dog, Fuzzball,” Chris says. “Now if he has a mistake, it’s such [an] easy cleanup.”

The most innovative elements of the project are hidden along one wall of the den: a pair of 8-by-8-foot study carrels with sliding barn doors. The carrels, created with space taken from an existing bedroom, “each have work counters, fans and lights, so they’re comfortable for a long day at [online] school,” Rill says.

The boys frequently used the study carrels when they were attending school virtually during the pandemic. “It was great, because they didn’t always want to sit next to one of their brothers,” Katey says. Now that they are attending in-person classes again, at least one of the rooms remains in use. “Chris just took a new job that’s all remote, so he’s moved in,” Katey says. “It’s nice that the space keeps evolving.”

Built-ins and a sauna

WHEN LAWYERS ERICA HAGGARD and Stewart

Crosland and their infant son moved into their Bethesda colonial in May 2019, “the basement was just a big open space, and we didn’t know what to do with it,” Erica says. “The couple who owned the house before us were empty nesters, and it didn’t seem like they used the basement much.”

The pandemic forced the couple to work from home starting in March 2020. Living in close quarters with each other, their son and his live-in nanny spurred the couple to hire InSite Builders & Remodeling in Bethesda that summer to rethink the basement. “We knew there would be demand for home improvements, and we knew we needed to get started, since we didn’t know how long it would take,” Erica says. “We needed space for our son and his toys, and we wanted a workout area since we couldn’t go to the gym.”

InSite architect and director of design Tom Reineberg helped them transform their 800-squarefoot basement into a multifunctional family zone. “The biggest challenge was that the basement had several dropped bulkheads where there were steel beams and ductwork,” he says. “We had to come up with a design where the ceilings didn’t seem out of place or cut up too much.” In the central den, that meant adding built-in bookshelves and a niche for a television to conceal heating and cooling and electrical systems. The basement walls, as well as the bookshelves, were painted in Benjamin Moore’s Newberry Court Blue.

Two other rooms were turned into a small playroom and a home gym decked out with sports memorabilia. Reineberg installed interlocking rubber flooring in both.

The couple also remodeled an oddly configured full bathroom that had an off-center mirror and an outdated metal sink. “It was not a nice bathroom,” Erica says. “Now it has a bespoke blue wooden sink vanity, a Serena & Lily mirror and a freestanding shower. It’s a tight space, but everything is upgraded.”

A small hallway between the home gym and the bathroom holds what may be the basement’s best feature: a cedar infrared sauna by Coastal Saunas. “This winter, I’m going to use it a lot,” Stewart says. “I don’t think we would’ve added it if we hadn’t been home all the time, but now I’m glad we did.”

Built-in shelves (below left) and a cedar infrared sauna were added during a renovation of Erica Haggard and Stewart Crosland’s Bethesda basement.

From left: Graham (with French bulldog Hazel), Caroline, Jessica and Patrick Flynn in their renovated basement

Shiplap and study space

WHEN THE PANDEMIC ARRIVED in

March 2020, Jessica and Patrick Flynn’s longtime au pair was living in the basement of their 1955 Cape Cod-style, fivebedroom home in Chevy Chase. Since their teenage daughter and tween son were increasingly self-sufficient, the Flynns helped place the au pair with a family that had younger children, and then “decided to make the basement ours again,” Jessica says. “We tore down the old walls and turned it into a living room and workout space.”

Bethesda architect Tom Flanagan, who spearheaded two earlier remodels and expansions of the couple’s house, added light and created a feeling of more space in the finished basement by reducing the size of the laundry room and installing French doors that open to the backyard. “I wanted them to come down the stairs and have it feel wider and more open,” he says. “We moved some walls and put in those doors that seem connected to [the] outdoors.” To make heating the area more convenient, a woodburning corner fireplace was converted to natural gas.

During the renovation in the summer of 2020, the basement was reconfigured into a spacious den with an adjoining workout room and office space in a hallway. Rubber flooring was installed in the home gym, where Jessica and Patrick take turns using their treadmill and Peloton bike. “They’ve been great therapy during the pandemic,” Jessica says of the exercise equipment. “I think we’re working out more than before.”

In keeping with the home’s modern farmhouse style interiors, Jessica chose a custom-cut white shiplap for the basement walls and stairway. “It’s a great way to both add character and a nice reveal as you walk downstairs,” Flanagan says. Ankle-level lights in the stairway shiplap act as a safety element as well as a design feature. “Patrick kept seeing that idea on Houzz,” Jessica says of the home design website. Vinyl planks resembling white oak cover the floor of the den and hallway.

The family of four—plus Hazel, their French bulldog—used the space often during the height of the pandemic. The couple’s kids attended online classes in the den while sitting at a repurposed Joss & Main dining table placed behind a comfy sectional sofa. The sectional faces a flat-screen TV and the fireplace. “It’s where we gathered then—and now—to watch a TV show or movie,” Jessica says. “It’s all just so cozy.” n

OCTOBER’S MOST EXPENSIVE

A peek at some of the area’s most expensive recently sold houses

HOME SALES

SALE PRICE: $4.9 million

LIST PRICE: $4.9 MILLION Address: 5308 Burling Terrace,

Bethesda 20814 Days on Market: 18 Listing Agency: Long & Foster

Real Estate Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 5/2

SALE PRICE: $4.2 million

LIST PRICE: $4.5 MILLION Address: 11345 Albermyrtle Road,

Potomac 20854 Days on Market: 38 Listing Agency: Long & Foster

Real Estate Bedrooms: 8 Full/Half Baths: 8/3

SALE PRICE: $3.9 million

LIST PRICE: $3.9 MILLION Address: 7609 Glenbrook Road,

Bethesda 20814 Days on Market: 11 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 6/3

SALE PRICE: $3.8 million

LIST PRICE: $4 MILLION Address: 1 W. Melrose St.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 10 Listing Agency: Washington Fine Properties Bedrooms: 7 Full/Half Baths: 4/1

SALE PRICE: $3.4 million

LIST PRICE: $3 MILLION Address: 8 Primrose St.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 8 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 4/1

SALE PRICE: $3.3 million

LIST PRICE: $3.1 MILLION Address: 9905 Potomac Manors Drive,

Potomac 20854 Days on Market: 6 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 8 Full/Half Baths: 9/2

SALE PRICE: $3.3 million

LIST PRICE: $3.3 MILLION Address: 11808 Forum Hill Court,

Potomac 20854 Days on Market: 29 Listing Agency: Long & Foster Real Estate Bedrooms: 7 Full/Half Baths: 7/2

SALE PRICE: $3.2 million

LIST PRICE: $3.1 MILLION Address: 11618 Highland Farm Road,

Potomac 20854

Days on Market: 4 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 7 Full/Half Baths: 7/3

SALE PRICE: $2.8 million

LIST PRICE: $2.9 MILLION Address: 3903 Legation St., NW,

Washington, D.C. 20015 Days on Market: 50 Listing Agency: TTR Sotheby’s International

Realty Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 4/1

SALE PRICE: $2.8 million

LIST PRICE: $2.8 MILLION Address: 7106 Clarden Road,

Bethesda 20814 Days on Market: 7 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.6 million

LIST PRICE: $2.6 MILLION Address: 25 Hesketh St.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 2 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 6/1

SALE PRICE: $2.6 million

LIST PRICE: $2.4 MILLION Address: 6027 Walhonding Road,

Bethesda 20816 Days on Market: 5 Listing Agency: Realty Advantage Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.6 million

LIST PRICE: $2.5 MILLION Address: 6807 Florida St.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 5 Listing Agency: TTR Sotheby’s International

Realty Bedrooms: 4 Full/Half Baths: 3/1

SALE PRICE: $2.6 million

LIST PRICE: $2.5 MILLION Address: 12 Hesketh St.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 3 Listing Agency: Neil P. Cullen Real Estate Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.5 million

LIST PRICE: $2.4 MILLION Address: 5608 McLean Drive,

Bethesda 20814 Days on Market: 6 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.5 million

LIST PRICE: $2.6 MILLION Address: 7309 Barra Drive,

Bethesda 20817 Days on Market: 101 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.5 million

LIST PRICE: $2.5 MILLION Address: 3306 Camalier Drive,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 16 Listing Agency: Long & Foster Real Estate Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.5 million

LIST PRICE: $2.5 MILLION Address: 74405 Stanford St.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 32 Listing Agency: Long & Foster Real Estate Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.4 million

LIST PRICE: $2.3 MILLION Address: 13309 Drews Lane,

Potomac 20854 Days on Market: 4 Listing Agency: Washington Fine Properties Bedrooms: 4 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.4 million

LIST PRICE: $2.4 MILLION Address: 5910 Bradley Blvd.,

Bethesda 20814 Days on Market: 16 Listing Agency: Long & Foster Real Estate Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.3 million

LIST PRICE: $2.3 MILLION Address: 4302 Rosedale Ave.,

Bethesda 20814 Days on Market: 1 Listing Agency: RE/MAX Realty Services Bedrooms: 6 Full/Half Baths: 5/1

SALE PRICE: $2.2 million

LIST PRICE: $2.3 MILLION Address: 5212 Dorset Ave.,

Chevy Chase 20815 Days on Market: 21 Listing Agency: Washington Fine Properties Bedrooms: 4 Full/Half Baths: 3/1

SALE PRICE: $2.1 million

LIST PRICE: $2.1 MILLION Address: 4716 Alton Place NW,

Washington, D.C. 20016 Days on Market: 1 Listing Agency: Compass Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 3/1

SALE PRICE: $2.1 million

LIST PRICE: $2.3 MILLION Address: 6400 Ridge Drive,

Bethesda 20816 Days on Market: 6 Listing Agency: McEnearney Associates Bedrooms: 5 Full/Half Baths: 4/1

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REAL ESTATE TRENDS

BY ZIP CODE

OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021

20015 (Upper NW D.C.)

Number of Homes Sold 21 13 Average Sold Price $1.4 Mil. $1.4 Mil. Average Days on Market 17 17 Above Asking Price 15 7 Below Asking Price 4 5 Sold Over $1 Million 18 12

20016 (Upper NW D.C.)

Number of Homes Sold 31 17 Average Sold Price $1.7 Mil. $1.8 Mil. Average Days on Market 42 11 Above Asking Price 15 10 Below Asking Price 14 5 Sold Over $1 Million 29 16

20814 (Bethesda)

Number of Homes Sold 23 24 Average Sold Price $1.6 Mil. $1.6 Mil. Average Days on Market 41 11 Above Asking Price 7 10 Below Asking Price 12 9 Sold Over $1 Million 15 17

20815 (Chevy Chase)

Number of Homes Sold 22 31 Average Sold Price $1.7 Mil. $1.6 Mil. Average Days on Market 35 12 Above Asking Price 10 15 Below Asking Price 8 9 Sold Over $1 Million 16 26

20816 (Bethesda)

Number of Homes Sold 22 20 Average Sold Price $1.2 Mil. $1.4 Mil. Average Days on Market 13 11 Above Asking Price 12 11 Below Asking Price 9 8 Sold Over $1 Million 17 15

20817 (Bethesda)

Number of Homes Sold 52 40 Average Sold Price $1.6 Mil. $1.2 Mil. Average Days on Market 37 15 Above Asking Price 23 20 Below Asking Price 22 15 Sold Over $1 Million 35 25 OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021

20832 (Olney)

Number of Homes Sold 20 19 Average Sold Price $651,105 $786,439 Average Days on Market 12 10 Above Asking Price 11 14 Below Asking Price 6 4 Sold Over $1 Million 1 4

20850 (Rockville)

Number of Homes Sold 22 18 Average Sold Price $671,445 $874,704 Average Days on Market 23 17 Above Asking Price 12 7 Below Asking Price 5 8 Sold Over $1 Million 1 5

20851 (Rockville)

Number of Homes Sold 16 14 Average Sold Price $431,325 $443,450 Average Days on Market 18 20 Above Asking Price 8 6 Below Asking Price 6 6 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0

20852 (North Bethesda/Rockville)

Number of Homes Sold 14 18 Average Sold Price $915,193 $821,261 Average Days on Market 10 9 Above Asking Price 7 9 Below Asking Price 3 6 Sold Over $1 Million 5 6

20853 (Rockville)

Number of Homes Sold 34 28 Average Sold Price $612,658 $570,155 Average Days on Market 14 15 Above Asking Price 22 12 Below Asking Price 9 11 Sold Over $1 Million 1 0

20854 (Potomac)

Number of Homes Sold 52 48 Average Sold Price $1.4 Mil. $1.4 Mil. Average Days on Market 39 17 Above Asking Price 22 25 Below Asking Price 25 15 Sold Over $1 Million 39 30 OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021

20855 (Rockville)

Number of Homes Sold 21 16 Average Sold Price $677,548 $684,378 Average Days on Market 17 14 Above Asking Price 12 8 Below Asking Price 6 6 Sold Over $1 Million 2 1

20877 (Gaithersburg)

Number of Homes Sold 9 20 Average Sold Price $433,055 $531,219 Average Days on Market 6 15 Above Asking Price 9 10 Below Asking Price 0 8 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0

20878 (Gaithersburg/North Potomac)

Number of Homes Sold 35 48 Average Sold Price $771,758 $874,793 Average Days on Market 33 19 Above Asking Price 19 19 Below Asking Price 12 17 Sold Over $1 Million 4 12

20879 (Gaithersburg)

Number of Homes Sold 20 12 Average Sold Price $462,412 $550,247 Average Days on Market 11 10 Above Asking Price 15 9 Below Asking Price 4 2 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0

20882 (Gaithersburg)

Number of Homes Sold 16 23 Average Sold Price $675,518 $692,614 Average Days on Market 13 16 Above Asking Price 9 15 Below Asking Price 4 6 Sold Over $1 Million 0 2

20886 (Gaithersburg)

Number of Homes Sold 16 5 Average Sold Price $533,093 $522,000 Average Days on Market 12 7 Above Asking Price 9 1 Below Asking Price 4 1 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0

OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021

20895 (Kensington)

Number of Homes Sold 25 23 Average Sold Price $693,884 $795,473 Average Days on Market 42 9 Above Asking Price 11 13 Below Asking Price 7 6 Sold Over $1 Million 2 7

20901(Silver Spring)

Number of Homes Sold 24 22 Average Sold Price $563,562 $531,045 Average Days on Market 10 16 Above Asking Price 19 14 Below Asking Price 3 7 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0 OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021

20902 (Silver Spring)

Number of Homes Sold 32 40 Average Sold Price $517,517 $561,123 Average Days on Market 10 13 Above Asking Price 23 18 Below Asking Price 4 16 Sold Over $1 Million 0 1

20903 (Silver Spring)

Number of Homes Sold 6 4 Average Sold Price $511,166 $593,500 Average Days on Market 8 4 Above Asking Price 4 3 Below Asking Price 1 0 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0 OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021

20904 (Silver Spring)

Number of Homes Sold 37 33 Average Sold Price $544,570 $607,512 Average Days on Market 9 17 Above Asking Price 24 15 Below Asking Price 7 13 Sold Over $1 Million 0 0

20910 (Silver Spring)

Number of Homes Sold 26 21 Average Sold Price $686,838 $682,647 Average Days on Market 17 11 Above Asking Price 19 10 Below Asking Price 4 4 Sold Over $1 Million 1 1

Information courtesy of Bright MLS, as of Nov. 15, 2021. This information includes single-family homes sold from Oct. 1, 2021, to Oct. 31, 2021, as of Nov. 15, 2021, excluding sales where sellers have withheld permission to advertise or promote. Information should be independently verified. Some sale and list prices have been rounded.

Bright MLS’s real estate service area spans 40,000 square miles throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. As a leading multiple listing service (MLS), Bright supports over 95,000 real estate professionals who in turn serve the more than 20 million homeowners in Bright’s footprint. In 2020, Bright’s customers facilitated $116.3 billion in real estate transactions through Bright’s system. For more information, visit brightmls.com.

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